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Table 14_1_9-8

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 14_1_9.8Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always spent enough time with them, Medicare fee for service, by State, 2007 and 2008

2008

2007

State

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Alabama

67.4

2.0

69.4

1.7

Alaska

69.6

2.7

70.5

2.6

Arizona

64.0

2.3

64.7

2.0

Arkansas

63.5

2.6

69.5

2.4

California

66.0

1.1

64.5

1.2

Colorado

64.2

2.8

66.8

2.4

Connecticut

72.3

2.5

67.9

2.4

Delaware

70.9

2.6

73.8

2.3

District of Columbia

70.9

2.9

70.0

2.6

Florida

66.0

1.1

67.4

1.2

Georgia

65.2

1.8

64.7

1.7

Hawaii

73.5

2.7

70.0

2.6

Idaho

70.3

2.6

67.0

2.7

Illinois

68.5

1.3

DNC

DNC

Indiana

69.8

1.7

68.9

1.7

Iowa

66.5

2.5

69.0

2.6

Kansas

69.4

2.5

68.0

2.6

Kentucky

67.9

2.1

67.8

1.9

Louisiana

70.7

2.4

71.6

2.0

Maine

70.4

2.5

71.9

2.4

Maryland

68.3

2.0

69.3

1.7

Massachusetts

70.9

1.9

70.0

1.7

Michigan

70.6

1.4

69.5

1.3

Minnesota

70.3

2.4

73.1

2.4

Mississippi

73.3

2.5

70.9

2.6

Missouri

68.7

1.9

66.0

1.8

Montana

69.7

2.6

72.9

2.6

Nebraska

65.9

2.7

67.6

2.7

Nevada

71.0

2.8

67.7

2.6

New Hampshire

67.7

2.7

67.9

2.6

New Jersey

67.9

1.7

68.2

1.4

New Mexico

72.2

2.9

64.8

2.6

New York

69.5

1.2

69.7

1.1

North Carolina

67.7

1.5

67.4

1.5

North Dakota

65.5

2.8

64.9

2.8

Ohio

69.1

1.3

66.8

1.3

Oklahoma

68.4

2.4

64.7

2.3

Oregon

67.4

2.8

63.0

2.8

Pennsylvania

69.6

1.4

72.5

1.2

Puerto Rico

63.0

3.7

70.7

2.6

Rhode Island

72.3

2.7

71.9

2.5

South Carolina

66.5

2.1

69.1

1.9

South Dakota

65.0

2.7

68.5

2.8

Tennessee

71.6

1.8

66.5

1.8

Texas

68.8

1.1

69.4

1.2

Utah

63.1

2.8

61.6

2.9

Vermont

75.2

2.4

70.3

2.6

Virgin Islands

71.5

2.9

73.4

2.7

Virginia

66.8

1.7

67.9

1.5

Washington

71.2

2.0

64.0

1.9

West Virginia

67.2

2.6

69.4

2.4

Wisconsin

69.3

2.0

69.5

1.7

Wyoming

68.8

2.6

68.0

2.6

DNC - Data were not collected.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, National CAHPS Benchmarking Database.